[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24611]


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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES


National Endowment for the Arts; Combined Arts Panel (Opera 
Section) Meeting

    Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Public Law 92-463), as amended, notice is hereby given that a meeting 
of the Combined Arts Advisory Panel, Opera Section (Creation & 
Presentation category) to the National Council on the Arts will be held 
on October 7-8, 1997. The panel will meet from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 
on October 7, 1997 and from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on October 8, 1997 
in Room 730 at the Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20506. A portion of this meeting, from 1:30 p.m. to 
3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 8 will be open to the public for a 
policy discussion of guidelines, planning, Leadership Initiatives, 
Millennium projects, and field needs and trends.
    The remaining portions of this meeting, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 
on October 7 and from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 
on October 8, are for the purpose of Panel review, discussion, 
evaluation, and recommendation on applications for financial assistance 
under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 
1965, as amended, including information given in confidences to the 
agency by grant applicants. In accordance with the determination of the 
Chairman of March 31, 1997, these sessions will be closed to the public 
pursuant to subsection (c)(4), (6) and (9)(B) of section 552b of Title 
5, United States Code.
    Any person may observe meetings, or portions thereof, of advisory 
panels which are open to the public, and may be permitted to 
participate in the panel's discussions at the discretion of the panel 
chairman and with the approval of the full-time Federal employee in 
attendance.
    If you need special accommodations due to a disability, please 
contact the Office of Accessibility, National Endowment for the Arts, 
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20506, 202/682-5532, 
TDY-TDD 202/682-5496, at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting.
    Further information with reference to this meeting can be obtained 
from Ms. Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Committee Management Officer, National 
Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C., 20506, or call 202/682-5691.

    Dated: September 11, 1997.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden,
Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations, National Endowment for the Arts.
[FR Doc. 97-24611 Filed 9-16-97; 8:45 am]
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